What to do:
~ paint the center of one plate pink, allow to dry and cut in half (for ears)
~ cut two circles out for eyes on the 2nd plate and a triangle from the bottom (see picture above)
~ punch a hole on each side of the mask and insert yarn for tie

~ Mix water and food coloring in a small bowl. Repeat with several different colors.
~ Fold each of the coffee filters into fourths
~ Dip each edge and corner of the filters in a different color
~ unfold the filters and set them on a paper towel to dry
~ place the 3 filters inside of each other
~ grab the bottom point of the filters and twist the top 3 inches of the pipe cleaner around the point. Pull the rest of the pipe cleaner down to form a stem.

hint: make a butterfly by clipping the points of two colored coffee filters in the middle of a clothes pin. Add googly eyes and black pipe cleaners for the antennas.

~ Cut out the center of the plate
~ glue strips of yellow and brown yarn onto the plate (for mane)
~ Cut out ears (see above picture) using brown construction paper for the outside of the ear and yellow for the inside.
~ glue ears to the top
~ attach craft stick to bottom (masking tape works best) for "handle"

~ cut out the center of the paper plate
~ pull apart cotton balls and glue to the plate to make the wool
~ make the ears from white and pink construction paper (see picture above)
~ glue ears to the mask
~ attach craft stick with masking tape

Cheerio Art

To make these spring pictures I draw pictures of Flowers, Easter Eggs, Bunnies, etc on large paper. The children glue cheerios on the outline already drawn (great practice using their eye hand coordination skills) after they dry the children paint their masterpieces and we hang them all around the room! They come out beautiful.

~ Fold construction paper in half and paint child's hand the color of their choice. Keeping the fingers together press down onto the front of the card to form a "tulip"
~ use green markers or crayons to make stem
~ Glue poem into the middle of the card (type up ahead of time).

Poem
Sometimes you get discouraged,
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
on furniture and walls.
But everyday I'm growing,
I'll be all grown up some day,
And all these tiny handprints,
will simply fade away.
So here's a final handprint
just so you can recall,
Exactly how my fingers looked,
When I was very small.

Feet Butterfly

Trace child's foot onto paper to make the wings. Draw body in between the feet, color and add antennae's.

Butterfly Blot
Fold a piece of construction paper in half, open and drop bright colors of paint onto 1/2 of the paper. Close the paper and press down, smoothing out the paint. Open paper and add head and antennae (optional) hint: use black paint to make a bug